About

Jointly hosted by Social Enterprise Greenhouse and Brown University, The SEEED Summit is a leading national conference for social entrepreneurs, impact investors and community leaders committed to social innovation. We hope you’ll be among the 600+ thought leaders who will converge in Providence, RI April 29th and 30th, 2016.

This year’s conference theme is Growing Businesses with Impact. We will explore the unique challenges facing a social enterprise at three stages of growth, with half day modules devoted to launching, growing and transforming.

SEEED Organizers

Social Enterprise Greenhouse (SEG) is the main curator of the SEEED Summit. SEG creates positive social and economic impacts by supporting social entrepreneurs and enterprises with the tools and networks they need to thrive. We are a network of business and community leaders who contribute time, expertise and money to create jobs and support positive change through social enterprise.

The Social Innovation Initiative, housed within the Swearer Center for Public Service, has served as a hub for social impact and innovation at Brown, supporting the work of student leaders through strong community partnerships and personalized advising. SII provides opportunities for students to pursue their passions through cross-disciplinary courses, student-led initiatives, support for new ventures, and connections to jobs, internships, and other opportunities to apply learning.

Worldways Social Marketing is a full service agency with global reach exclusively serving the needs of social enterprises, social ventures, nonprofits and other social purpose organizations. Worldways has worked with over 150 distinguished client organizations, successfully accelerating the adoption of brands, beliefs and behaviors that are good for individuals and their communities. Worldways was founded as social enterprise, and supports SEEED as part of its mission to fuel the social enterprise movement on a global scale.

Vendors

Date: Saturday April 30, 2016 10:00am – 2:00pm

Do well and do good shopping at the Buy with Heart Marketplace!From food to home decor, clothing, beauty products, and more, the Marketplace offers a variety of products to put your dollar towards causes that matter. Shop till you drop AND drive social impact and economic development in Rhode Island and beyond.

This event is FREE and open to the public!

Featured Vendors:

4 All Humanity– a fair trade apparel company working with artisan in Guatemala

Agraria Farm & Edibles– is a Rehoboth-based farm that strives to contribute a new model of small scale agriculture that provides sustainable and systemic change.

Beautiful Day– a nonprofit social venture with a mission to help newly-arrived refugees enter the job market. We own and operate a granola company that functions as our vehicle for job training education.

Craftland– a full-time, full-service shop in downtown Providence, Rhode Island that celebrates all kinds of sparkly handmade objects and the people who make them.

EbenGroup– a buy-one give-one backpack company that donates a backpack with school supplies to children lacking the resources for education. Plus 10% of the profits are donated to aid educational programs.

Edgy Treats- a local baking business that prioritizes using local and sustainably sourced ingredients.

Folkmade– a social venture that aims to promote student artists and their artwork. We do this by profiling artists on our site and selling their pieces.

Food And Truth & Fit2cook4kids– an RI Summer camp program where campers build confidence and self esteem while having an incredible adventure that combines food, fitness and communication skills.

Tink Knit– a student-run social venture that helps single mothers earn an income in their own homes. Whether they faced divorce, unemployment, or financial hardship, tink knit makes it possible for single mothers to make a living while staying at home to take care of their kids.

TrekkLocal– the only app and website based rewards program designed exclusively for locally owned businesses.

YANA (You Are Not Alone)- Through the creation of stylish, meaningful, eco-friendly, Made in the USA goods, YANA is creating a new way to show you care and stay connected through life’s difficult moments, as well as the celebratory ones.

Unicorn Goods– a directory of animal-free products that are also good for people and the planet. 1% of our post-tax profits to pro-animal organizations.

Vitalives– When you purchase our vitamins, we give the same amount of micronutrients to a malnourished child. Nutrition for one, strength for another. One for one.

XOI– the first company to introduce the Vietnamese Gac Superfruit to US consumers through their gac-based beverages. They work with ethnic minority farmers in Vietnam to cultivate the Gac fruit fairly and sustainably.

… and more! Stay tuned!

Interested in being a vendor? Contact Danielle_Gomez@brown.edu for more info.